No success like failure

[shewhomust]

Thanks to everyone who left such kind - and sensible and perceptive - messages in my previous post. durham_rambler has read them: he does not have his DW log-in on his new phone, but I have reminded him that it is possible to reply anonymously...

From which you may deduce that he continues to improve. He is still hooked up to the oxygen supply, but they are reducing the concentration; today he decided to get dressed. He is in touch with his e-mail, keeping an eye on the FB group of which he is one of the moderators, making notes of a work task he will not be able to do, and which I will need to tackle.

And it's good news, too, that he has a diagnosis: though it could be a better diagnosis. The left ventricle of his heart is under-performing, which is technically heart failure. He has been given a red pamphlet called something along the lines of 'What to do when you have been told you have heart failure'. Strangely, there wasn't room on the cover for the words DON'T PANIC, but that seems to be the tone of the text (he hasn't yet managed to get hold of another copy for me), and I am doing my best to obey that instruction.

He is in the right place: they are trying out different medication, and he is receiving lots of attention. Today he was thinking that they might send him home towards the end of next week, but I'll take one day at a time.

Comments

[sovay]

He has been given a red pamphlet called something along the lines of 'What to do when you have been told you have heart failure'.

I am very glad to hear that he continues to improve and *hugs*

[shewhomust]

I appreciate this - and so does he, though he diesn't seem to understand how to reply to comments!

[sartorias]

Oh wow, very very glad he's in the right place. May he continue to improve!

[shewhomust]

Thank you!

[grondfic]

Wishing you and Durham Rambler continued good luck, and I hope the medication tests are successful.
(((hugs)))

[shewhomust]

Thank you! They took him off the oxygen this afternoon - though it isn't far away if he needs it.

[cellio]

I'm glad he has a diagnosis, which means they can move forward with treatment. It's pretty amazing what medicine can do these days, and it sounds like he's in the right place and doing better. Best wishes to both of you!

[shewhomust]

Yes. It's not the diagnosis I would have chosen, but we'll take what we can get!

[athenais]

All best wishes for coping and (eventually) thriving despite the diagnosis.

[shewhomust]

Thank you! Much appreciated.

[anef]

Best wishes - we are thinking of you both.

[shewhomust]

THank you! He is home now, and we are trying to get back to normal.